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The ultimate reference and tutorial to harness the power of Revit MEP, this Autodesk Official Press book will help you develop your expertise with Revit MEP's core concepts and functionality.

Master all the core concepts and functionality of Revit MEPRevit MEP has finally come into its own, and this perfectly paced reference covers all the core concepts and functionality of this fast-growing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing software. The authors collate all their years of experience to develop this exhaustive tutorial that shows you how to design using a versatile model.You'll discover tips, tricks, and real-world exercises that only authors who use the software daily in a professional environment can know and explain.Explores the basics of the interface, how to create and use project templates, how to generate schedules that show quantities, materials, design dependencies, and moreExamines the mechanical side of Revit MEP, including chapters on creating logical air, water, and fire protection systems and evaluating building loadsDelves into how to best generate and model content, including solid modeling, creating symbols, using parameters, creating equipment, and moreFeaturing real-world sidebars, hands-on tutorials, and a supporting Web site, this reference allows you to jump into any tutorial and compare your finished work to the pros.

The ultimate reference and tutorial to harness the power of Revit MEP This Autodesk Official Press book will help you develop your expertise with Revit MEP's core concepts and functionality. Based on the authors' years of real-world experience, this comprehensive reference and tutorial has been updated to cover all of the new features of Revit MEP, and includes best practices, techniques, tips, tricks, and real-world exercises to help you hone your skills. * Shows how to use the interface effectively, explains how to create and use project templates, and details ways you can improve efficiency with worksharing and collaboration * Addresses generating schedules that show quantities, materials, design dependencies, and more * Looks at creating logical air, water, and fire protection systems; evaluating building loads; and placing air and water distribution equipment * Covers lighting, power receptacles and equipment, communication outlets and systems, and circuiting and panels * Zeroes in on creating water systems, plumbing fixtures and their connectors, water piping, and more Featuring real-world scenarios and hands-on tutorials, this Autodesk Official Press book features downloadable before-and-after tutorial files so that you can compare your finished work to that of the professionals. It's the perfect resource for becoming a Revit MEP expert.

An outstanding tutorial and reference for Autodesk Revit MEP This Autodesk Official Training Guide is the detailed reference and tutorial you need to master the powerful Autodesk Revit MEP 2013 building information modeling software. The expert authors combine their considerable mechanical, electrical, and plumbing experience to help you quickly learn the interface and tools, get hands-on practice with real-world projects and tutorials, and master expert techniques and tricks that only pros who use the software on a daily basis know. Explains how to integrate Revit MEP 2013 into workflows, worksharing, and schedules Covers using Revit MEP for mechanical design, including HVAC load analysis and designing ductwork and piping Covers using Revit MEP for electrical design, including lighting, power, communications, and circuits Covers using Revit MEP for plumbing design, including water systems, fixtures, sanitary piping, and fire protection Shows how to prepare models for analysis and import/export gbxml (green building xml) files Addresses managing content, from symbols and annotations to creating devices, adding details, and producing sheets Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2013 is the complete guide to this popular software, with a companion website that provides before-and-after tutorial files so you can compare your work to that of professionals.

The ultimate reference and tutorial to harness the power of Revit MEP This Autodesk Official Press book will help you develop your expertise with Revit MEP's core concepts and functionality. Based on the authors' years of real-world experience, this comprehensive reference and tutorial has been updated to cover all of the new features of Revit MEP, and includes best practices, techniques, tips, tricks, and real-world exercises to help you hone your skills. Shows how to use the interface effectively, explains how to create and use project templates, and details ways you can improve efficiency with worksharing and collaboration Addresses generating schedules that show quantities, materials, design dependencies, and more Looks at creating logical air, water, and fire protection systems; evaluating building loads; and placing air and water distribution equipment Covers lighting, power receptacles and equipment, communication outlets and systems, and circuiting and panels Zeroes in on creating water systems, plumbing fixtures and their connectors, water piping, and more Featuring real-world scenarios and hands-on tutorials, this Autodesk Official Press book features downloadable before-and-after tutorial files so that you can compare your finished work to that of the professionals. It's the perfect resource for becoming a Revit MEP expert.

Liquid-handling robots have many applications for biotechnology and the life sciences, with increasing impact on everyday life. While playful robotics such as Lego Mindstorms significantly support education initiatives in mechatronics and programming, equivalent connections to the life sciences do not currently exist. To close this gap, we developed Lego-based pipetting robots that reliably handle liquid volumes from 1 ml down to the sub-μl range and that operate on standard laboratory plasticware, such as cuvettes and multiwell plates. These robots can support a range of science and chemistry experiments for education and even research. Using standard, low-cost household consumables, programming pipetting routines, and modifying robot designs, we enabled a rich activity space. We successfully tested these activities in afterschool settings with elementary, middle, and high school students. The simplest robot can be directly built from the widely used Lego Education EV3 core set alone, and this publication includes building and experiment instructions to set the stage for dissemination and further development in education and research.

Wood material is the foundation of wood structure architecture, and its production technology and equipment technology decide the development and upgrading of modern wood structure architecture. Aiming at the problems of low automation degree, low material utilization rate, low production efficiency and high labor costs in the process of traditional wood processing, we explore the integration and innovation of the traditional wood processing industry and modern industrial Internet information technology on the basis of studying the properties of Betula (Betula costata) solid wood materials, wood comprehensive utilization rate, wood structure component development and processing technology requirements, and form an intelligent, automatic and industrial production mode for building materials. Through technology and methods such as mechanical design, automation technology, machine vision, deep learning, optimization algorithm, electronic design automation, computer aided manufacturing, etc., the key technologies of intelligent automatic optimization of wood materials were studied, and intelligent automatic production lines of Betula species identification, log optimization sawing, solid timber longitudinal multiblade sawing, sawn timber quality detection and solid timber optimizing cross-cuts are built. Based on the machine vision method, features are extracted; a tree species, defect classification and recognition model database is established; an image processing algorithm with high recognition accuracy, as well as fast processing speed and high robustness are studied; non-destructive testing and classification methods of machine vision are optimized; key problems of online rapid classification, detection and optimization of sawing are solved and production quality and processing efficiency are improved. Finally, the timber defect detection accuracy and Betula timber yield are analyzed, and the comprehensive utilization value of optimized sawing timber is compared with the comprehensive utilization value of manually marking sawing timber. The processing cost and efficiency of Betula sawing timber with an intelligent automatic production line are calculated. The test results show that the average detection accuracy of timber defect type, size and location is 89.69%, 89.69%, 92.25% and 82.29%, respectively, and the detection stability is high. By adopting intelligent automatic detection, classification and optimization sawing production line of wood, the comprehensive utilization value of optimized sawing timber is 14.13% higher than that of manual marking sawing timber, and 16,089.29 m3 more building materials can be processed annually. In the process of intelligent automatic wood processing, the intelligent detection system is used to detect defects, improve production performance and production efficiency and reduce labor costs. Compared with the traditional wood processing process, the method studied in this paper is improved to optimize the production line processing performance and processing technology. The research and development of an intelligent automatic production system for solid wood can promote the application and development of an automatic industrial production mode for sawn timber for the wood structure construction industry, deepen the integration of artificial intelligence technology, Internet technology and the whole wood processing industry and lead the upgrading of building materials for wood structures to an intelligent manufacturing production mode.

This study presents a drone-based excavation platform prototype with the key objectives of balancing stability during excavation, sensing, and digging the soil pile autonomously without human intervention. The whole platform was first designed in CAD software, and then each part of the excavator assembly was 3D printed by using PLA filament. The physical system was then combined with numerous electronic components and linked to various software applications for a drone to perform autonomous excavations. Pixhawk Orange Cube served as the main controller for the drone, while Nvidia Jetson Nano was used for processing data and controlling the tip of the bucket at a specified location for the autonomous excavator. Two scenarios were considered to validate the functionality of the developed platform. In the first scenario, the drone flies independently to a construction site, lands, senses the soil, excavates it, and then travels to another location specified by the mission to deposit the soil.

Master all the core concepts and functionality of Revit MEP Revit MEP has finally come into its own, and this perfectly paced reference covers all the core concepts and functionality of this fast-growing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing software. The authors collate all their years of experience to develop this exhaustive tutorial that shows you how to design using a versatile model. You'll discover tips, tricks, and real-world exercises that only authors who use the software daily in a professional environment can know and explain. Explores the basics of the interface, how to create and use project templates, how to generate schedules that show quantities, materials, design dependencies, and more Examines the mechanical side of Revit MEP, including chapters on creating logical air, water, and fire protection systems and evaluating building loads Delves into how to best generate and model content, including solid modeling, creating symbols, using parameters, creating equipment, and more Featuring real-world sidebars, hands-on tutorials, and a supporting Web site, this reference allows you to jump into any tutorial and compare your finished work to the pros.